"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Ozgirl > wrote:
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>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> : > Ozgirl > wrote:
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>> : > : I eat sweet potato skins and pumpkin skins too. I never peel
>> ginger.
>> : > I
>> : > : bought a novelty grater once, it is a mini grater, looks just like
>> : > the
>> : > : large ones (the pyramid style with a handle on top) but fabulous
>> for
>> : > : garlic and ginger. Its about 2 inches high. Because the grating
>> : > holes
>> : > : are much smaller it is ideal for finely grated small things. Not
>> : > : suitable for cheese (except the hard, dried out style cheeses) as
>> : > the
>> : > : holes are way too small.
>> : >
>> : > AHA! Now we know he secret of how you managed to get thin enough etc
>> : > to
>> : > be able to eat so much less diabetically:-) All that indigestible
>> : > fiber(fibre) is what is doing that:-)
>> : >
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>> : lol My family leave their skins on their plate and I dutifully eat
>> : theirs
>> Better than pysillium(sp?) husks! I used to love it when my kids were
>> small and only ate the inside of a baked potato.
>>
>> Wendy
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> I still only eat the inside, because I read somewhere that there are lots
> of pesticides on the skins, even if you scrub them very well (which I do).
> I used to eat the skins before that, but only when they have been baked in
> the real oven. Nowadays I mostly just microwave the potatoes to get
> baked potatoes. They taste wonderful that way, too.

Why not just buy organic?